The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-12-24

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cat. Also that the df1tSst lpscies Of
dogs hsvs l,esa dnmssstestsd Iron dr.
fsrsnt Wild animals. II u di0eult tn e.
innate h"w far ,rainiag hrs sdvauesd the
nsentality II lover sbfmals becaase Of
tive ssoster duvasios Il their Lives -
compared to mans life. Ago = not per-
m,tted n them l,ecause Or their Ruthless
destructioa by man, bat the writer en-
cIudes that the inentsl di6erences Of man
and the lower animals are somewhat the
result of training. experience and tesacity
Of life. 81.
rHR MExrAL yuruRE or TIE LOWER
ANIMAL.
In discussing the third proposition Mr..
Baliou says:
1t has been clearly established BY evo-
lutiopists that man. like the domestic
animal, descends through geological pe-
RODS in which he hal no mentality aiN've
instinct. Before he showed mental &C
tivity man. accorling to the best add
now agreed authorities, led by Cope. was
m anthropoid ape, and before that An
anthropoid lemnr. In thoss early stages
Of his history he was not endowed with
a potential mentality. But what seems
the most startling 10 modern times l. that
the human child, left to h,msrlf, scc"rsl-
ing to Edward 8. Morse. president Of tho
American Association for the advance
ment Of science. would I've 40 idiot or 4
Wild man. None Of the over wheIming,
vast knowledge accumulated through ages
seems to become the instintive 10 the
human race nor 10 il herrditarily he
queatl,ed. The knowledge which the
child acquires has to be taught him.
After he learns the elemcutais from Others
he begins to use his organs Of sight and
hearing to add to his knowledge. What
does tins tcach7 Simply that the lower
ANIMALS are yet children, and to become
learend like msn must lie taught rs dill
gently IA he, aud from their infancy. II
man has required $4,000 years to sccumu-
late the sum total of no~Iedge Of to- day,
certainly tireless years must lie spent
with the lower species tn advance their
mentality to q state somewhat equal I"
our own. 1t is obvious from the array Of
visible intelligence in the modern lower
animal that he can be taught much more
than is known by man, together with its
utility.
now THEY CAN BE rAuo ut.
To the query: "How can the lover
animals lie taught1" he makes the answer !:
The best animals must he separated
from their kind, those showing the high
est mentality mated with each other
Their offspring must he carefully taught.
AS is the hsbe, such mere elements OF
knowledge a. they are best enabled to
acquire. The descendants through success.
sive generations aud through years, If
necessary, must receive the same diligcni
attention and teaching that has advanced
the mentality of man. That the lower
animal If himself has been unable to &C.
quire knowledge by experience to such
an extent as man is no reason why We
should despair of his ultimate emaocipa-
ton. Given the same training and advxn.
tages that man has ennoblsd him self with
during the last several hundred years and
many lower animals would he endowed
with much kuowlcdye and its utility, aud
I've able to converse With as.
In conclusion, the author -presumes
that some method may be discovered by
which many Of the lower animals can
communicate to US what they know.